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rCommittee but then that was not the fault of the tribunal, but Hof the technical arrangement or the law. He did not deny that a legal gentleman as an assessor would be a useful apperm dare to an Election Committee ; but. 'darn he would define the Allies of that officer and of the Committee. With respect to all questions of practice and mf law, he would have the aseeso roe is abs onoloute ; but then, he would g i ve hi m no power bVer the decif the Comroktee, and impose upcn hint no other duties than those of explaining the law ard summing u the facts. He sht iu ld propexs that the decisions of p the assessors should i. n a ll cans be reported to that House, and that if th?se, decisions were affirmed, either actually or tacitly, thee enoseid become precedents or ateh guidance o f f uture Commi ority for the trees. The great ohjaction to the P, sent Comn,ittee.s was, than. their decisions were not precc'Jents ; but this was a matter for which the Honour able. Member for Liskeard had not provided. On the con leery, be had ingeniously introduced into his own plan two attliorities which might in turn he cited against each other. if the Ho use should he of opi n i on t h at the propesitien of the i-lon. Member for Liskeard was sufficient to meet the case, he (Lord Stanley) would not interrupt the Bill in its progress; but being convinced that it was insufficient, that it exaggerated both the evils and the remedies which ought to be applied to remove them, he should, after the motion of the Honourable and Learned Member for Dublin was disposed of, move the postponement of the progress of the measure for six months, and then take the liberty of submitting as a proposition that a Select Committee be appointed to investigate the cases of conflicting decisions of Election Committees, with a view to al!cring the mode of proceeding with respect to points of law and practice, and seeing how far these matters could be sim plified and renderoai more fair and certain. Mr. SHE IL said, that with respect to the assessors it was a matter of no consequence at present whether their appoint ment was to be permanent or not. The Speaker, being the person of highest character in that House, was the party who ought to be entrusted with their appeintment. Se far, then, he must say that the plan of the Right Honourable Baronet 'seemed to him the mcst practicable and feasible.—( Hear, hear.) There was an observation of the Hon. and Learned G, ntleman the Member for Exeter on which he (Mr. Sheil) wished to make a single remark. The lion. and Learned Gentleman had alluded to the litigation which had occurred since the passing of the Reform Bill, but this was not an attack upcn tt.e Reform Bill, but on the machinery by which its provisions were carried out. Parties, it should be recol l"eted, were now more nearly balanced than formerly, and this fact increased the eagerness to go before these tribunals. There was a clause in the English Act with regard to scrutiny which was omitted in the Irish Act, bus, he pressed the anomaly on the attention of the Government at the time, and said that whatever their intention was tiv e y ought to declare it. The question with respect to qualificetion was another point which had led to great difficulty, and he knew of an instance where a party had to swap an estate held by him for years for one which wool?. give him a qualification.— ( Hear, hear.) These were three cases which would be met by a declaratory Act. but the difficulty remaining was, how to get such an Act passed through the House of Corn mons—( Hear)—or rattier he should say through another place. He should like the itight lion. Baronet to have suggested or explained how a 'declaratory Act was to be got through the House of Lore,,shen(Hear, and cries of "Oh !") They con tended that t'tie registry should be closed ; that was their epi nion, and Qie Government would not bring in a Bill when they insisted, evhen Government insisted--( Loud cries of " Hear" from the Opposition benches)—as he supposed.---( Laughter. ) At all events if the Government were to bring in such a Bill, he for one would oppose it ; he was satisfied nothing of the kind would be done. Sir R. PEEL said the suggestion of the plan which he had proposed, and the remedies Welch be thought would remove the present defects, preceded fa om his own consideration, but is hen he mentioned it to a M'.mber of the House of Lords he said it was precisely wb`st they were going to do with respect to private Bills. They felt the same inconvenience that was experienced ;Tri that House from Committees on private Bills being compose.'a of those who were personally interested. And, wishing to k.now exactly the course the Lords had taken, he wrote to Lord Shaftesbury on the subject, and received from that No'el e Lord a copy of the regu l at i ons w hi c h their Lord ships ',iad adopted with respect to private Bills. The Right Hoe. Baronet then read the regulations, frcm which it ap peared that it was ordered by the Lords that private Bills should in future be referred to an open Committee, and that they should select a Committee of five, not ono of whom could have any interest in the matter. Mr. WARBURTON conceived that no proposition could be worse than that of fluctuating Judges. Thi s was a matter which should b e well considered'. They should attend to the state of the law as well as to the Court of primary jurisdiction and the Cour'c of Appeal. The Noble Lord would have been right if he 'earl begun at the right end, but, if the law were certain, what became of the finality of the Reform Bill ? Lord J. RUSSELL would proceed to state the views he 'entertained with respect to the general question before the House. The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tam worth, who had addressed the House in the commencement of the debate, had stated, with great ability, a plan of con siderable novelty, and involving considerable extent of de tail. The details of the plan were stated as clearly as it was possible to state them, yet their extent precluded him (Lord J. Russell) from offering any opinion upon them at the present moment. All that he could say just now was, that he thought the plan eminently worthy of the best consideration of the House, and lie sincerely hoped that they would have that plan before them in a more regular shape, and that it would receive the most deliberate consideration of the House. For this reason, he certainly thought it better that they should postpone, for some little time at least, the going into Com mittee upon the present Bill. With respect to the general question, and of the manner in which the evils of which they complained might be remedied, without meaning to offer an opinion on the several points that bad been urged that night whether with respect to the constitution of the Committees and to the assistance which should be afforded to these Committees, he thought their object ought to be first to enable the Commit tees to see more clearly what their duty was, and then to • afford them the best protection in their power in the discharge of that duty. The Members of Committees were at present exposed to censure in the discharge of their duties. Every person was supposed to be more or less influenced by the opinions of those with whom he mixed, by the opinions of the society in which he lived, and to be more or less influenced by the opinions (as we understood the Noble Lord) enter tained by the party with which he was identified. There were opinions entertained with respect to Committees at pre sent constituted of various descriptions, and running in oppo site currents. One of these opinions was that these Commit tees did not deal impartially with Members who sat at a dif ferent side from themselves, and so much did this opinion prevail that a Member who failed to attend the House on the occasion of a ballot was considerel guilty of a neglect of duty to the party to which he belonged. With respect to t h e plan of hi; H on . F r i en d the Member for Liskeard, of striking the names in the presenee of the House, without giving any opinion as to t h e p l an of the Right Hun. Gentleman, he was desirous of seeing that plan fully considered. He thought it worthy of consideration whether Hon. Members ought not be cbliged to come to the House and serve on Committees if called upon to do so. But lie thought the other question still more important_namely, in what manner they would enable Committees to have a better knowledge of the law which they were celled upon to administer? The Noble Lewl opposite, his Noble Friend the Member for North Lancashire, had insisted ea the advantage of passing _a declarat ory l aw w i th respect to the disputed points. He (Lord John Russell) admitted that it would be highly de sirable to possess a declaratory law with respect to these points; bur, as to the propriety of appointing a Committee to inquire into these he very much doubted, for he feared there were not many of these points en which both sides of the them e mild be likely to come to an agreement ; and, sup posine that a declaratory Bill was carried with respect to these points by a majority of that House, he did not think it highly probable that such a Bill would be 'likely to meet the concurrence of a majority of the other House of Parlia ment. Now there was, for instance, the question of the trustees, and many other questions which might be liable to be viewed with reference to their party effects, hy ens' Side or another, with reference to their tendency to increase or diminish the power of what was called the popular party in .the country. Now, if in that House a proposal was made to curtail any privilege which the popular party in the country thought they had a right to et.joy, a ma j ority in that House mi g h t b e found ready to oppose tacit preposi tion, and a Bill calculated to increase detneeratit power, even tho4gli it should remove many doubts of the interpretation vi the law, might not he very fiwourahly received by the tther House of Parliament. They would. conaisier tl:et though it set the law clear, yet, as it in:reassei the tienserratic power, they would much rather lis.hve the IttW in the state of doubt in which it ex s od .at present. If his rcasonirg so Car was cor rect, he feared '..nat they were not likely to make much pro gress in see'sving any doubts that existed with respect to the conqrsaation of the Reform Bill. There was another point with• respect to the assistance to Committees as . pt‘oposed by pe Right Hon. Gentleman and by his Noble Friend. He ifhaught there 'A ere many points on which it might be desir able. There were many points respecting which Counsel sis , Juld raise points, and endeavour to take advantage of the ignorance of the Committee or . ; fi att er3 of law. In such eases be thought it would be / 7.S . ighly desirable to have an assessor whose knowledge of ono law would enable him to say that there was no f ::ece at all in the objection raised, and that it ought not .co be entertained at all. He admitted that he gal' that there would be considerable difficulty in the mode tsf tpp6inting those assessors, but if they could so far be ap pointed !le thought it would be a great advantage. And, with relPerat to qualifiretions, there were several Election Com mittees who had to decide questions of qualification. He knew nothing, of the decisions of those Committees. lie had 4 right to know nothing of those decisions, and be did not take upon himself to say whether those decisions were right ex wrong. But those who had been held to be disqualified, As well as those who had succeeded, were, lie had no doubt, all of them persons who, if they had a good law on the sub ject of qualification, would not be deemed unfit to have a seat in that House. He thought the mode of excluding persons who had been elected by a majority of their fellow citizens was a mode by the practice of which Parliament lost more than it could possibly gain. He hoped the time would come when the defects in this respect would be properly remedied. He would not allude to the proposal of his Noble Friend opposite. Ile (Lord Stanley) had proposed that the Bill before the House should be wholly set aside, and that a Committee should be appointed. This plan was open to considerable objection. He saw no objection to have a Com- • mittee to coesidcr many of those decisions, but he thought that such a Committee should be quite independent of the Bill before the licnse, and lie did not think that to have a Com mittee to consider the decisions of Election Committees would be a fair course of proceeding whilst those Committees were sitting. He thought that while a Committee was sitting which was sworn to decide according to the evidence it would be an ungracious and inconvenient cotirse to bring such a de ci,ion, in so short a period 'after it was given, under the revi sion of such toMmittee as had been proposei, to be ap r,-..tort Besides, he did not think that was the only object of proposing this Committee ; he thought the genuine object was to set aside this Bill, and after it had been considered by a Committee, and amended and again brought forward, he thought the Bill ought to be allowed to proceed. The Right lion. Baronet opposite had proposed a plan not very different in principle from another that bad been suggested from that side of the House, but he thought that it would be inexpedient to set aside this for the purpose of considering what other plan ought to be adopted. If they could improve the tribunal he thought it advisable that they should do so. He hoped, after a short time, to see the measure progress, or to see some other measure fora similar object carried into effect. Sir R. INC; %IS did not think the Bill before the House afforded n sufficient cr proper remedy for the existing evils, and he could not concur in the motion for further considering it ie i;ommittee, as he did not think that it could be brought out of the Committee in any useful or beneficial shape. Mr. NITYNN was understood to express himself favourable to the tribunal that had been suggested. He certainly would not wish to give the assessor the authority of a Judge.— ( Hear, hear.) Parliament had always been excessively jea lous of its privileges in matters of this kind, and even when the Judges were called in by the House of Lords, they were not asked v hat was the law, but what was the usual practice of the Cou'ts of Law. Mr. HOWARD hoped that the Hon. Member would ob tain leave to bring in his Bill. Mr. PR:',ED thought that a great difficulty must stand in the way of any transfer of the jurisdiction of that House to another tribunal, but much more strongly was he impressed with the opinion that the present system required alteration of some sort.—( Hear, hear. ) He thought, however, that in every suggestion that he had heard, the errors and defects of the present system were preserved. After a few words from Mr. GA LLY KNIGHT and Mr. 0. G ORE, the gallery was cleared for a division. Ayes Noes .. BO . . Majority against the amendment —23 Mr. BUL LE R said that the difference between his Bill and the suggestions of the Right Hon. Gentleman was not in reality so great as at first sight it might appear. He could well wish that both had been broght before the House toge ther. He (Mr. Buller) would propose that the Bill be re committed on the 2d of May. Sir R. PEEL would take an early opportunity of bring ing forward his plan, and it would be for the House to dis pose of it according to its merits. The Bill was then ordered to be re-committed on the 11th of May. - ----.- Lord STANLEY gave notice that when the question came next under the consideratien of the House he would make a motion in conformity with that which he had read to the House. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he should move as an amendment on the motion of the Noble Lord, that the inquiry should he extended generally to the whole question. Mr. S. O'BRIEN gave notice that he would move the omission of all the clauses relating to Committees, and substi tute that the decision should be vested in three barristers, to he named by the Speaker, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the House. Mr. GROTE gave notice that he would move the discon tinuance of the practice of striking off names. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. COURT OF ALDERMEN, MARCH 3 COMBINATION BETWEEN COAL.OWNERS AND FACTORS. Alderman HARMER. brought up the following report:- " In obedience to an order of this Honourable Court of the 12th of December last, to examine the allegations in the petition of Thomas Bradfield, relative to the detention and delay of the delivery of colliers in the port of London, and the damage and inconvenience arising there from, and for this Honourable Court to make bye-laws under the au thority of the Act of Parliament of the Ist and ted illiam IV., cap. 76, for regulating the coalonarket, and to report our opinion thereon, we whose names are hereunto subscribed of your Committee, in relation to the police of this city, do certify that we have from time to time pro ceeded therein, and been attended by the petitioner, by Captain Fisher (the principal harbour-master), Mr. J. Pearsal (the clerk and registrar of the Coal-market, Messrs. Horace, Green, Patton, and Taylor, coal. merchants and factors; Mr. Gillespy, Mr. Scott, Mr. Vale, and Mr. Bar ber, officers acting under the Committee of Coal-merchants and Factors; Mr. J. Thompson, a ship-owner and proprietor of the Eliza, engaged in the coal trade, and Thomas Young, the Captain andmaster of the same, who were severally heard and examined upon the various state ments contained ; and we your Committee having referred to the pro visions °idle before-mentioned Act, find that this Honourable Court is by the 32d section thereof, only authorised to make bye-laws for the regulation of the coal-market, and not of the coal-trade ge. nerally, and is not required to make such bye-laws as are set forth in the petition. And having also taken into serious considera tion the remaining allegations contained therein, and the state ments of the respective parties, it appears to us that the charges contained in the petition of improper conduct at the meters' office are not proved. But we arc of opinion that a combination exists between the coal-owners in the north, and the coal-factors in London, whereby the supply of coals to the metropolis is regulated, and the price of that necessary article of consumption greatly enhanced to the con sumer, and that various impediments and obstructions to the hee navigation of the river are continually created by colliers being de tained under the exist:ng regulations between the owners and factors waiting for their turn of sale and delivery, it appearing from the evidence of Captain Fisher, the principal harbourmaster, that there were nearly '720 colliers lying in the river at one time during the month of December last, so waiting for their turns. Under these cir cumstances, therefore, and also es the renewal of the said Act (which will expire at the end of the present Session) is now before Parliament, and a Committee has been appointed by the House of Commons in re lation to the Cnal.trede, we recommend this Honourable Court to pre sent a petition to Parliament, praying that they will be pleased in the new Act to adopt such provisions as may effectually remedy the evils and inconveniences before stated, or to take such other measures as they may deem most expedient for the protection of the public and the fair trader. All which we submit to the judgment of this Honourable Court. " WM. VENABLES. "JOHN LAINSON. "JAMES lIARMER. "J. WHITE." Alderman Hertmea said, that although the authority of the Court was limited, they had it in their power at all events to prevent the Thames from being made a collier dock, to the great injury of the navi gation and the prejudice of the community.—(Hear, hear.) Of the ex. istence of a nefarious combination there did not remain a doubt, upon the examination of the witnesses. Amongst the various instances was that of a Mr. Meesom, the proprietor of lime works in Essex. The works of that gentleman were standing still for want of coals, and he applied to the captains of the coal vessels which were in the immediate neighbourhood for a supply. He found it, however, to be fruitless to ask the question. Without the authority of the London factors not a coal was to be had. Subjected to such injurious refusals, he sent a yes ecif himself to the north fur a cargo, and larded it at his premises with. cut submitting to the regulations of the factors. The consequence was, that communication having been made to the coal proprietors by the fac tors, Mr. ,Meesom could obtain no more coals, except he consented to pay 8/. ns , re. for the cargo than was demanded of those who did not venture to infringe the regulations.—(Hear, hear, hear.) In another case, the captain of a vessel who had the humanity to dare to sell coals at a cheap rate in the Surrey Canal to the poor, was waited on by the factors and assured that Vile persevered he might save himself the trouble of going to the north any more for the commodity.—(Hear.) Under such a system it was quite impossible to expect anything like fair play, and he (the Alderman) would move that the report should be agreed to, and that Parliament should be at once applied to. Sir Marrnsw Weon suggested the propriety of waiting until the Parliamentary Committee now sitting should make its report. Alderman Heamen said that the matter was of the most urgent nature to the public. The persons engage., in the freightage were se. cloudy injured too, by being kept nine or ten weeks in the river, while their families were starving. Alderman Sir W. HEYGATE said that the great coal-owners had managed to get thera , elves placed upon the Committee on account of their own Interests, and it tvould be absolutely necessary to apply to the !louse of Commons before they made their report. Alderman HARMER said that Sir M. Wood mess completely in error in supposing that the Court of Aldermen had it in their power tomake bye. laws for the regulation of the trade. The Committee had, in the report just read, after having consulted the law authorities on the question, stated that their potter ofniakieg bye-laws Was limited to the regulation of the mill-rtiatkilts. t` l ,ll M. WOOD animadverted upon the conduct of members of the Court in following up the visionary speculations of the petitioner, who was a wild enthusiast, in the habit of boasting of what he was able to . compel the COttrt of Mail - left arid COMmen Council to do. From the hatUre of the tonnettioh Of Sit HeMate with the projected Collier Doris, it Wail dertdin:y hot to be wondered at that he should feet ahelotie about the crowded state of the river. Alderman Ifeiteret said that it certainly was by no means necessary that a mats should be an enthusiast to think, after the evidence before the Committee, that a combination against the public existed, and it was but a wOfts: triode of arguing to reflect on the party complaining, instead of e,orrisating the twee its front of the truth of the charge. Aidc.titlari Waits submitted that the question Was not, as Sir M. Wocd wisleal to make it appear to be, relative to an individual, but to the whole public. The Thames could not be converted into a re ceptacle for any particular goods, hut must he open to all. He did not mean to say that the sale of coats was compulsory, but certainly the Court had the power of clearing away obstructions from that great highway. They could not compel the sale of cora and hay, but they would not permit the great public thoroughfare to be choked tip with theta commodities.—(Hear, hear.) The evils of !shish Alderman Her, mer complained were most serious, and along with all these was the evil of demoralization, Sir WILLIAM HeYeeee hoped that the citizens of London would look to the condition of the river at the present pericd, when the commerce was so enormously increased, and such facilities were re quired.—( Hear, hear.) It was finally determined that the report should be agreed to, and that the consideration of the question of petitioning be adjourned. The Court then adjourned. 1838.—The following is the House List of Go vernors and Directors of the Bank of England for th© year cnsu4q;:-- TOR GOVERNORS. tis, Esq., Governor. rt., Deputy Governor. [ECTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. James Morris, Esq. John Bowden, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. Henry Davidson, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. James Pattison, Esq. Thomas Hankey, Jun., Esq. Christopher Pearse, Esq. John Benjamin, Heath, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Charles Pole, Esq. Charles Fred. H ut h, E sq. Henry Poreher, Esq. Alfred Latha m , E sq Wm. R. Robinson, Esq. James Maleornson, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. Wm. Mellish, Esq. Wtn. Thompson, Esq., and Al- Humphrey St. John Mildmay, derman. Esq. Thos. M. Weguelin, Esq. The election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 3d, and for Directors, on Wed nesday, the 4th of April next, from ten o'clock in the fore noon till four in the afternoon. Timothy Abraham Curt Sir John Rae Reid, Bai FOR DIR During the past year the tribunals of Prussia have pronounced 3,2D1 divorces. The suits amounted to 3,888; so that only 597, scarcely one-sixth, were unsuccessful. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO MoltßoW. .horning 4 minutes after to( Evening 14 minutes after I NEW WORKS PUBLISHED BY J. SAUNDERS, Jun., 49, Paternoster-raw. Part V. of SSUNDERS' POLITICAL REFORMERS, containing Portraits and Memoirs of Mr. SERGEANT TALFOURD, M.P. Right Honourable EARL SPENCER. T. FOWELL BUXTON, Esq., M.P. Parts I to V, at 3s. and 7s. 6d. each, may be obtained of all Book- sellers. * 4 4 Thick Folio Impressions of the Plates sold separately at ss. each. Part 11. of an Impartial Ae.count;4 the War in the Canadas, with highly interesting General Description of the Country, and its in habitant•. By a Gentleman many years resident in Canada. Illustrated by MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS. Part I. contains a Portrait of M. Papinean. The publication of TUE SUN NEW/WATER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. fe.? =4,-* '4 (77 . 77-,T 1' WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1838. The question of removing the decision of controverted elections from the jurisdiction of the House of Commons was discussed last night, but not decided. Sir ROnEa T PV Et., who a few weeks ago felt inclined to doubt the pro priety of retaining it, was last night quite convinced that it was not desirable for the House to part with its jurisdic tion. His decision seems to have been wholly grounded on two circumstances—that the House has for a long period claimed and exercised the jurisdiction ; and that the Crown formerly attempted, in the reign of ELIZABETH, and in the reign of JAMES 1., to give the jurisdiction to the Court of Chancery. To the first the answer is that the House of Commons has of late proved itself completely unfit to exercise this jurisdiction ; and that to place it in a large popular assembly, the members of which are all struggling for ascendancy, must always lead to partial and unjust decisions. Reason and experience coincide in de monstrating that the House of Commons, though it have long possessed the jurisdiction, ought not to possess it. To the second argument the answer is, that 234 years have elapsed since the Crown made the attempt. and if that period be not a sufficient guaran tee that it will not renew it, let us ask what length of time will he sufficient to enable us to form just conclusions as to the possible usurpations of a Monarch ? Since the attempt was made, let it. also be observed, the power of the Sovereign has very much de cayed. He cannot act except by responsible Ministers ; and in practice those responsible Ministers are appointed and controuled by the House of Commons. Sir RosFaT, then, prefers the shadow to the substance, words to things, and precedent to reason, when ho gravely argues the possibility of the Ministers, who are the servants more of the Commons than the Crown, now doing any thing to which the majority of the Commons is op posed. We look on Sir Ro➢ERT'S objections to removing the jurisdiction from the House of Commons as futile and unworthy of extended refutation. There is indeed a difficulty in the present state of the law, of appointing any tribunal to administer it. In fact, it is a great jumble of contradictory decisions, which to be called law is a disgrace to the country. Why all the circumstances relating to Parliamentary elections which concern the political rights of the people should not be settled and defended by laws, not privileges, like the remo val of paupers or the election of Common-Council men, and why they should be left to the arbitrary decisions of Commit tees of the House of Commons, is only to be ex plained on the old Tory principle, that the people are in fants or slaves, of whom the masters or guardians assem bled in Parliament arc to take care. Such a principle, was tolerable before the Reform Act passed, but that recognised rights and power in the people, and it is rather for the constituencies, therefore, than the represen tatives, to decide questions of di,puted elections, or who shall represent them, if that duty, in doubtful cases, cannot be performed by an impartial and judicial tribunal. Sir ROBERT suggested a plan which, we believe, will be as fu tile, and more liable to suspicion, than any one yet sug gested. He proposes to place in the hands of four or six Members, appointed by the SPEAKER, the power to choose all Election Committees ; but there is not four men in the House of Commons, and there never will be, not liable to suspicion and doubt in the performance of a duty which will give power to a faction and a triumph to a party. Either the Judges, or the Constituents, not the Representatives, are the proper persons to decide contro verted elections. In the House of Commons, last night, Mr. JAstus SztwAvr, the Member for Honiton, gave notice tliat in the Committee on the Slavery Abolition Act Amendment Bill, he will move that the total abolition of Negro ap prenticeship in Jamaica shall take place on January 31st, 1839. This is the intermediate step to which we have alluded, and we presume Mr. STEWART is the Member of whose intentions a rumour had reached us. Mr. STEWART is not much known, and we cannot therefore judge of his capacity for undertaking this question ; but if it be brought forward with ability, it is likely to obtain the sanction of the nous; of Commons. There is some propriety in restricting the motion to Ja maica, and some greater chance of its success, because most of the cruelties recently brought to light have been perpetrated in that island. Although such a result would be far lass satisfactory to the friends of the Negro than the total and immediate abolition, to strike off nine- teen months from the unexpired term of slavery for all the predials ofJamaimit will be great gain to humanity. While we agree with the Delegates that it would be wrong in them to be satisfied with anything less than immesliate and complete emancipation, still we think it will be prudent and wise to accept and to promote all measures which tend, like that of Mr. STEWART, to the accomplishment of their humane and just desires. On questions of right and wrong we are for no compromise ; but on questions of expediency —and all political questions are of that nature—we are always disposed to take into consideration the opinions, in terests, and wishes of others. For any class of men to insist on carrying their own particular projects of government into effect, however much they may appear to he recommended by principles of justice and humanity, is but Toryism or despotism disguise. Now for the first time since the Abolition Act was passed has any question been raised in the public as to its efficiency, or any facts brought prominently forward which prove the continuance of much cruelty by the planters. On the first re-agitation of the question however, thanks to the zeal of Delegates and friends of the negroes, no less than 215 Members of the House of Commons were found to vote for the total and immediate abolition ; and the partial abolition to be moved for by Mr. STEWART will unquestionably be more nu merously supported. If some Members were recreants, many, and more indeed than we expected, were true. Already great advantages have been gained, and still greater aro promised. Thanks then to the exertions of the Delegates, and if they continue to act prudently and calmly, complete success must crown their labours. Another notice on the same subject was last night give❑ by Mr. LANGDALE. In the Committee on the Bill he is to move that negro apprenticeship shall totally cease in August 1840. The humane object of the Hon. Member is to put an end at that period to the apprentice ship of those who, having been left orphans, are, ac cording to the Abolition Act, to remain apprentices till they reach, we believe, the age of twenty-one. We infer from Sir GEORGE GREY'S observations that the number of such persons is not great, but it may be proper to ascertain it, and limit the period as much as possible. The report of the proceedings in the Court of Aldermen, on Saturday, which we elsewhere publish, will be interesting to all the coal consumers of the metropolis. It frees the Al dermen, in a great measure, from the imputation of having neglected their duty, and places in a striking light the A injury done to the public by the present systeni. No leS than 720 colliers were lying in the Thames at One time in the month of December. Another fact which seems established by Mr. Alderman HARMER'S statement, and which has been dcubted, is, that the coal-owners of the north actually make a difference in the charge for coals between those vessels which comply with the factors' re gulations and which do not. A Mr. MEEsoM, the pro prietor of lime works in Essex, landed coals at his own wharf, for his purposes, contrary to the factors' regula tions, and the consequence was that he was re ported to the north, and on application there for more coals, could obtain none, unless he consented to pay 8!. additional for the cargo. What an interference vrth private rights and private industry ! A man is actually fined by the Coal-factors and Coal-owners for land ing coals at his own wharf for his own use! 'Falk of the iniquity of levying taxes by Government to support extravagance, or by the Church, in the name of religion, to support the priesthood! It is, we admit, great ; but we do not think it equals the iniquity of these Factors and Coal-owners, who mulct a man for his honest exertions in order to enrich themselves. The public is much in debted to Mr. Alderman HARMER, for the manner in which he brought the matter forward, and urged the Court of Aldermen at once to petition the Parliament. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE has been properly se lected to take the Chair at the meeting to be held to-mor row at Exeter Hall ; and knowing his impartiality, and the sincerity with which he advocates the cause of the op pressed Negro, we confidently trust that he will prevent any display of political feeling on the occasion. It is to be regretted that this rule has not been hitherto observed ; end, after what has occurred, that one of the speakers at the meeting of Delegates, so late as yesterday, should have been seduced from the great object in view to make an attack on Lord JOHN RWSSELL, and Sir GEORGE GREY ; and, at the same time, make an apology for the prejudices of Mr. GLADSTONE. If Iblame attaches any where, the Tories are not to be allowed l to escape from their share on the score of prejudice ; and ) what an absurdity to censure the Whigs, who in 1806 abo lished the slave trade, and thirty years afterwards passed an t Act to abolish slavery itself, while the Tories were either lukewarm or hostile to both measures ? The Government no doubt had a difficult part to perform. We regret that they did not at once decide in favour of immediate aboli tion, because that would have been the most politic, and most humane course of proceeding ; but sup posing they wanted only the unbiassed sanction of the House of Commons as their warrant for carrying it into effect, every friend of the cause must regret that there should have been even the slightest appearance of po litical feeling at any of these meetings, which might induce any one member of either party to withhold his support. But for th's, in all probability, the question would have been carried. Mr. O ' CONNELL says, eleven Irish Mem bers withheld their votes on that account. Had these voted, the majority would have been reduced to 3'2, in a House consisting of five hundred Members ; and as it amounts to a certainty, that several English and Scotch Members kept hack for the same cause, we cannot fail coming to the conclusion that there would have been a majority in favour of the measure, or, at all events, a majority against ;it so smell, as to compel the Government, without the least possible delay, to put an end to the apprenticeship system. The error, fortunately, is not without a remedy. The question will be brought on in another shape, and looking at the strong feeling throughout the country, and the just and sacred cause in which the Delegates are en gaged, nothing but imprudence on their part can prevent its speedy accomplishment. The puritanical Tory Times—what a bundle of contra dictions in three words—is quite resolved, it appears, that Lord DURHAU shall not go to Canada. It casts odious imputations on the Noble Earl's mission, and represents it as both futile and extravagant. Our Contemporary pro bably wishes Canada not to be pacified, and so it objects to the means of pacifying it. The splendour with which the Times finds fault befits the representative of a mighty Sovereign, and to censure State pomp and pageantry is to find fault with Monarchy. We showed from its own columns a few days ago that Lord DURHAM'S special mission to St. Pctersburgh was, by comparison with other , special missions, a cheap one, and if Lord Duni-tam cannot even be trusted to determine how many aides-dc-camp he requires to execute his present mission, the sooner he is displaced the better. With a singular want of judgment, the Times viewed with complacency the law which placed the liberties of Canada, and the destinies of six North American Pro vinces, is the hands of the Noble Earl ; but it is angry that he is to determine the extent of his own household. The main grievance, we suppose, is, that the Noble Earl cannot find a single place for a Tory. If he would but select Tories for his assistants, every thing would be forgiven. By the arrival of the Braganza steamer at Falmouth on Sunday, from the Tagus, we have received advices from Lisbon of the 27th ult. On the 19th the Cortes com pleted the new Constitution by severally attaching their signatures to it, and immediately afterwards drew up and agreed to the following Address to the QUEEN, praying her MAJESTY to examine the new Charter of the nation's liberties, and to appoint a day for giving it the Royal sanction : " Madam, the general and constituent Cortes having, after long and assiduous labours concluded the great work for which they were convoked, now offer respectfully t o y our M a j esty ' s consideration the new social compact, which, in the name of the nation whom they represent, they pray your Majesty will deign to accept. " The Cortes deem that they have faithfully complied with the duties of their charge, having employed their utmost care in the formation of a Constitution worthy of your Majesty, and of a gallant and loyal nation which has made so many painful sacrifices for liberty. In it your Majesty will find the freedom and independence of the nation reconciled with the attributes and prerogatives of the regal power, and the rights of the people with the respect and obedknce due to the Monarch as chief of the State ; the holy religion of our forefathers main tained ; the possession of the throne secured to your Majesty's legitimate issue; and the inviolability of your Majesty's person established. A Constitution which offers so many pledges of peace, order, and stability, cannot fail to tranquillize and unite around your Majesty's throne the great Portuguese family. "May your Majesty, therefore, be pleased to examine and consider the new social compact, and, if worthy of your royal approbation, to name a day for it to be sworn to." This Address was presented to her MAJESTY by a deputation of the Chamber. She received it very graciously, and without hesitation returned the following anslsTr:-- " I receive with great satisfaction the new social compact which the general and extraordinary Cortes have concluded after long and nsaiduous labours, and my acceptance of which they row request in the name of the nation. I will examine and consider it with that especial attention which a subject so highly important demanis ; and if, as I trust, I find that it ought to become the fundamental law of the monarchy, I will, as the Cortes request, appoint a day for it to be sworn to." The delay is a mere formality, for after the events that h ave taken place it is not expected that her MAJESTY will make another attempt to restore the Charter of 1826. Ki n g FuaniNAND must now he convinced that it is not only useless but dangerous, longer to plot against the liberties of the nation ; and he must likewise be sensible that it is better to transmit a crown to his son, however liroited may be its prerogatives, than to force him to participate in the fugitive fortunes of his uncle Micurr.. After consulting with her Ministers, the QuEEN appointed the 4th of April (to-morrow) for signing the new Constitution. Some progress has been made in the re-construction of the Cabinet. The Viscount SA DA BANDEIRA and Seuhor JOHN D' OLIVEIRA arc to retain the portfolios of Finance and Foreign Affairs ; Senhors FERNANDEZ COELHO and DUARTE LEITAO have accepted the offices of Justice and the Interior ; consequently, there aro but the unimportant offices of War and the Marine to be filled up. In the meantime Ministers are bestirring themselves to maintain public credit, especially in London, where the chief loan contractors have acted with great liberality and for bearance. As the subject of the following paragraph is one upon which we wish not to express any opinion, we have only to premise that it is copied from the Lisbon correspondence of our contemporary, the Morning Herald : A hostile meeting took place on Friday morning last between Major-Gen , Tal Sir John Milley Doyle and Dr. Lovell, the Lisbon correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, the former attended by Mr. Brandt and Captain Doyle, and the latter by Major Dodwell and Captain Buxton. The cause belli in this case was a paragraph in the Lisbon correspondence of the Morning Chronicle of the 10th instant, respecting the decision of the Commission lately appointed to investigate the claims of foreign officers, upon those of Sir J. M. D., who, considering that the passage was of a tendency injurious to his interests, feqiiired that it should be queli.scd by certp.in explanations on tin± part of Df: Lovell. Sir John having fired without effect, and hig antagonist's pistol having missed fire, the seconds of the latter gentletnan interposed, and having stated it as their opinion th f q j l et ought not to make any further obj ec ti on to giving Sir J. if. D. a ,..2claration that he had not int en d e d to advance any opi n i on o f hi s Own the notice he had t a k en o f the decision pronounced by the Cotnu;:." , on , the affair ter minated in an amicable manner. The Paris Journals of Sunday, contain very little news, domestic or foreign, of any interest. ANTI-SLAVERY ; MEETING Or DELEGATES.-(THIS DAY.) The Delegates met again this morning at ten o'cloiff, at the Guild hall Ceffee-house, Guildhall-yard. Mr. BLAIR in the Chair. The CHAIRN:AN stated that the Deputation appointed to wait lot night on their Parliamentary friends were now present, and acre pre pared to state to the meeting the result of their proceedings.—(Hear.) Dr. GRETILI.I3 said, that, as the Chairman of the Deputation, it was his duty to state what had occurred. The deputation had con. versed fur more than two hours with their warmest Parliamentary friend,. From the tenor of that conversation it was strictly confiden. tial, and therefore there was much of it which it would be a breach of faith to make public. He said this because he was de sirous of assuring the public press that there seas no wish on the part of the delegation to withhold from them any in formation which could consistently be made—(Hear, hear)—and although all that passed in the conversation could not now be stated at length, yet, on the part of the Deputation, he was at liberty to inform the delegates present that they were encouraged by their Parliamentary friends to persevere in their exertions—to memorialize—to press even upon their friends, and to throw the whole of their force upon the Ministry. Many gentlemen might ask, what course were they to take, as at this moment they had no rallying point.—(Hez.r.) But it was recollected that Lord Brougham had given notice of a measure for total abolition, and in the mean time it was the intention of Ministers to pass Lord Glenelg's Bill. In the interval, they might petition against the Bill; and even when it passed, they would still go on imploring Parliament to pass the other measure, and expressing discontent at the one which should have passed. Mr. MORGAN hoped that by t.-morrow some rallying point would be axed upon to be explained to the public at Exeter Hall. A DIMEGATII said that after the present meeting separated, the Sob. Committee would prepare such a proposition, to be submitted to the meeting to-morrow. Dr. GRLTILLF, said it was also satisfactory to state that it was the opinion of their parliamentary friends, that they (the delegates) had done a great deal of good by their exertions—to which (as those friends distinctly asserted), was owing the very large minority of Friday night.—(Bear, hear, hear.) Those friends encouraged them to persevere in agitation— (Hear, hear)—which would have the best effects, not only on the Legislature, but also in the colonies.— (Hear, hear, hear, and cheers.) The deputation was also told that if Mr. O'Connell's motion in the Committee on Lord Glenelg's Bill were carried—that is, for the liberation of females on the Ist of August—that would sweep away the whole Bill ; and there was a strong feeling that it would be carried. Of course the Delegates could not make themselves a party to any such compro. inise. It was also stated that there were grounds to hope that the motion for total manumission in Jamaica alone on that day would pass in the Committee—and that also would certainly settle the whole question. The discussion of those questions would give their friends in the House an opportunity of expressing their sentiments with the advantage of any additional information which could be communicated in the mean time to such as had not an adequate knowledge of the question in its details.—(Hear.) He had further to state that the Delegates were told that the division on Friday had taken place at the most advantageous time. Their best speakers had already spoken, whereas Lord Stanley, Sir J. Graham, and others opposed to their course had yet to speak. Mr. STACEY, in corroborating the statement of Dr. Greville, expressed his opinion that, as they had not at present a rallying point of their own, they ought to consider whether they should not erect one. Mr. W. BALL looked upon the statement of their Parliamentary friends, " that the division took place at the most favourable time" to be intended rather by way of consolation tinder their disappointment, than as a positive assertion that it was an advantage to their cause to divide at that time, and to sit down with such a speech as Gladstone's unanswered.—(Hear.) Mr. STUROF said that one part of their Parliamentary friends stated that many members came to him to request he would put off the discus sion, as they knew very little of the subject at present; and another said that he never saw the House in such a state of indecision in his life. Another DELUGATE said that a Member told the Deputation that he was, on Friday light, followed out of the House by a Member who asked, would he be assured that the motion of Sir G. Strickland was not brought forward for a party purpose; and, on being answered that it was not, the Member went back into the House and voted for the motion. It was moved and seconded that the verbal Report made byi;.dre. ville, on the pert of the Deputation, be received and adopted, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. W. Morgan and the Sub-Committee brought up the resolutions which they had drawn up for the purpose of being presented to the public meeting to-morrow, which, after considerable discussion, were agreed to, with some verbal alterations and additions. The meeting having sent the resolutions, as finally agreed to, to the Noble Chairman (the Marquis of Clanricarde) and the gentlemen by whom the resolutions are severally to be moved and seconded, adjourned• ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HULL. The Committee met this morning At ten o'elock. Mr. Rusnrox applied that the name of Mr. B. L. Johnson, should be substituted as Agent, for that of Mr. Galloway, who bad been compelled to leave town. Mr. WRANGRAM opposed the application as to the name of Mr. Johnson, but did not object to his Learned Friend naming another Agent to be present. He objected to Mr. Johnson because he W 23 one of the witnesses. Mr. LANGDLLE said they had a witness and Agent present for the Sitting Members, in the person of Rollit. The Committee granted the application. John Headley was objected to by the petitioners. The voter stated, that at the election he kept a beer-shop, in Church. street, and that on the Monday before the election he received an order from Mr. John Tale to supply twelve or fourteen persons with liquor, and that in consequence of that order they were furnished with two or three quarts eaeh on several occasions. On the Thursday before the election Sir W. James and Mr. Wilberforce went to the shipyard of Mr. Humphrey, In company with Mr. Isaac Whitaker rind two or three other persons. Mr. Whitaker afterwards left 10s. at the voter's house for the men in the yard to drink. On the following day witness re. ceivesi an order from Mr. Tale for six persons to the amount of ss. each, for moat and drink, with which they were supplied. The bill altogether amounted to 101., and, on witness presenting it at the Committee-room, in Parliament-street, in January, he was told to call again the next day. He did so, and was then paid 51. by Mr. Brown, who said he would lend it until the scrutiny was over. The Committee struck off the vote. William Watson was next objected to. John Headley, the voter in the last case, deposed that Watson, who is a shipwright, residing in Church.street, was drinking several times at his house during the week before the election, and that he did not pay for his drink. The Committee struck off the vote. John Shepherd Dunn, a shipwright, was objected to under the same circumstances. He was proved to have been one of the persons who had the 53. worth on the day of election.—Struck off. SHAFTESBURY. The Committee mot this morning at twelve o'clock. They remained in consultation till past one. The CHAIRMAN then announced that the Committee had agreed to a speoial report, stating that bribery and treating bad prevailed to a great extent at the last, and at previous elections, though it had not been traced to any of the candidates personally. KINSALE. The Committee met this morning at the usual hour, and proceeded with the case of Dennis M'Carthy, who was objected to on the ground that his premises were not of sufficient ♦alue. W. Lewis stated that he knew the residence of WCarthy in Rose_ alley, High Friar street. It was a mud.cabin, with a mud-floor, and a thatched roof. There were two moms, and a garden in the rear. The ♦alue of the whole was not more than 41. or 5/. a year. The house was not worth snore than 21. Witness had heard that a good deal of hard swearing had taken place before the Committee as to the value of property in Kinsale by Irish witnesses,—(Laughter.) Sir C. BLUNT inquired if the witness meant to say that Irish wit nesses would swear anything ? The witness replied that the lower class would. James Black considered the value of the house to be 21. a year, acd that the garden was worth about as much snore. The Committee struck qff the vote. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DRAL, Aram '2.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Came down from the River, and proceeded, the Quebec, Hebard, for New York; Elizabeth, Reid, for Odessa; Countess of Errol, Maitland, for Genoa; Moun taineer, Cockburn, Water Hen, Dodds, and Pyrenees, Watson, for Quebec; Thetis, Baker, for Pictou ; Symmetry, Harvey, for Bay Cha leur; Newham, Brace, for Alexandria. l'uarsmorrii, Aram 2.—Wind E. N.E. to W.N. W., tine.— Ar rived the Boadicea, transport, from Gibraltar. Sailed the Francis Smith, Edmonds, for Madras, Bengal, and China. PLYstourn, APRIL 1.- Wind E.—Arrived the Aguetha, Dounelds, from Nantes; Louisia White, from Rotterdam. Fsr.monTo, APRIL I.—Wind E, fresh gales and squally.—Arrived the Braganza (steamer) from Gibraltar, left 22d ult. Cadiz 33d, Lisbon ^7th, Oporto and Vigo 28th ; Thalia, Wolverton, from Leghorn ; Gowlands, Mitchell, from Charente; Emma, Denny. from Bordeaux ; Alonzo (transport) from Passages. Speakings—The Rainbow from Mar. sallies, for the Mauritius, Oh the 10th March, off Cape de Gatt. Brig Sat ah, of Whitby, from Palermo, out 50 days, on the IGth March, off Cape St. Vincent ; passed the:Majestic, of St. John's, New Brunswick, water logged and abandonned, with fore and mainmast standing, and mizen mast carried away, 26th March, in lat. 47. N. long. 10. W., by the Thalia ; the Tagus steamer, arrived at Vigo, 26th March, in 57 hours. POOL, Aram 2.—Wind W. fresh.— Arrived the Peruvian, Speer, from New Orleans. Arrived off—The Elizabeth Radcliffe, from Val paraiso ; Lapwing, from the Mediterranean; Maria, from Demerara. Sailed the Mitford, Welsh, for New Orleans ; Edgocumbe, Roberts, for Newfoundland ; Lancashire Lass, for Smyrna ; Commodore, for Constantinople. Dovna, APRIL `l—Arrived off port the Daniel, Steer, from Oporto. DkRTMOVIII, Aram 2.—Arrived the Water Lily, Cuthbertson, from Tarragona. DROGHEDA. MARCH M.—Arrieed the Lesley,'Alexander, London. BatsroL, Arert. 9..—Arrired the Great Western (steamer), from London, bound to New York. Ltvrearoor , , APRIL 2.—A vcssel, said to be loaded with dry goods and some quicksilver, was wrecked on the Bahamas previous to the 14th of February. SUIRLDS, APRIL I.—The Dungal, Dixon, upset and suck at Gosford port yesterday during a gale from the northeast. The Josephine, Lemon, from Marseilles, was totally wrecked at Mo gadore, during a heavy gale —crew saved and cargo landed. The Jane, Dobson, from S underland, put into Boulogue, with three feethe Shtorlat having been on sho re . l t o l , u lvitz, bo un d to the Balt i c, put b ac k t o St . Üb e ' s water or in t on the 17th leaky —cargo discharged. - The coronation, it is said, is fixed for Thursday, the 21st of June, but though that is probable, it is not yet settled we understand. No day, in fact, is )et fixed, but the 21st is spoken of. The Sligo county election • petition, complaining of Colonel Perceval's return has been abandoned. On the bal lot on Thursday no parties appeared, consequently the ballot did not proceed. A stupendous bridge is now in the course of rapid erection across the Tess, at Croft, by the Great North of Eng laid Railway Company. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Moray, and Lord Poltimore, Eat in the House of Lords to. day, to hear Scotch appeals. FOHLOMU •. HOSSACK. The LORD CitawcEm.oa gave judgment this moraing in this case, wf,ich was argued yesterday, when we gave a short statement of the facts, reverting the decision of the Court below, but without costs. The eruct of this pidgrnent will be to give to Mrs. Forlong, the appellant, an annuity of 3051. a year, instead of 2501. Ma C. HALKET V. MANNERS. The arguments in this pityea!, which were commenced yesterday, were resumed today. The question and the case involved a dry point of Scotch law, relative to the disposition of certain property called the Gordon and Pitcarnie Estates. the case is totally devoid of any interest, except to the parties concerned. Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT, and Mr. ROBERTSON, of the Scotch Bar, were heard yesterday on behalf of the appellants ; and the Solicitor-Gene ral of Scotland (Mr. Itrrnenroan) proceeded to address their Lordships to. day on behalf of the respondents. The Learned Counsel had not eon chit-led when we left. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAY). TIVELYE O'CLOCK. The only arrival of consequence this morning is from Llsbon—the contents of which will be found in another part cf the Paper. UP" the whole, it appears to be of a favourable nature. The new Constitu tion has been sir.pied by the Cortes, and the capital remains tranquil. Consols opened at the prices they closed yesterday, 93 1 1 for the Ac count ; Money, 93A, with nothing doing* as yet. Exchequer Bills. 63 65 ; India Bonds, 64 66. In the Foreign Market Dutch has receded to 53 ; Spanish Active, 21 14 ; Portuguese, 30% ; Three per Cents., 20i ; Mexican, 27i I- PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock I per Cent. Aed. 3 per Cent. Cons, ..... ... .....93% to IA South Sea Stock -- 3y,', per Cent...........,.... ........ --- ' Old Annnitics ... ...... .....: - Ditto Ref' — Ntw Ditto • ...-.... New N, per Cent New 5 per Cent Fla,k LcmgAnnultiestoempire ( Ditto ..... ..........500 63 65 Oh Jan. 5, )960 - - ,llhtto Small Oct. 10, 1i59 Oittu Commercial ...... ... --- PI TT Jan. 5, NM 15!4 Dilto Advertised — -- Pu T Jan. 5, 1801 — Bank Stock for Acc0unt......... ----- April 5, 1501 , lndia Stock for Acc0unt......... ---- Jan. 3, IST) — Consols fez Acconnt ............ 93Ti PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O , CLOC I '' Aurtrian Bonds ..... Bel nan amuls Din', Account ...... ••••• L'itto Account . Brazilian Bonds ~ Ditto Accnunt Bannos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account hillisua B°o3 Ditto Account C.)luinbtan Bonds— ........ Ditto A.cccnsbi Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bormis 30% Ditto Account • Ditto, 3 per cent PritsMan Bonds littiwan Bem is , 1822 lll Ditto Account Ditto Metallic C)lumbiar) Ronde, 1924 Spanish Bonds , . hub Account ............ ...... —1 Ditto Account ... 1)1nilh Bonds . Ditto Account. — Ditto Account .....s. G rnk Bowis.~ • Ditto Bonds, 1825 — ------ 4 per cent. 80 .-. 50,,Ditto Account .. ......... ---• 3 per cent. i Mexican Bonols, 5 per cent — Exchange 2st. Ditto Account ./.. Ditto, (3 per cent. Ditto Account ... 5 4-4 Noapolitan — Ditto Account 93 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. British Iron Company R,aldel Monte Mining Co., Registered 63/. 10s. 6d. Bristol and Exeter Railway Company lO 8 Eistern Countiest Railway 5 54 1 4 4%. r.diliburgh and Glasgow (Dasgow, Paisley, and Ayrshire Railway Great Western Railway C0mpany... . ....... 65 11 23 14 1 4 c.riatiton Railway company . 8 10. glO 4 London and Blackwall Railway London and Southampton Railway Company 5O X6 2 London and Southampton (New) Railway 5 M..rchester and Birmingham Railway 7 11 3 % 1 " 54 Sorthern and Eastern Railway Company 4%1 1 I No th Midland Railway Company 35 1'3. 4 , Asphalte, Claridge's Patent 2Si General Steam Navigation Company ...... HALF-PAST ORE O'CLOCK . Consols have continued du r i ng th e morn i ng at 93 1 i to 4, both i.., ,t - Money and the Account ; Exchequer Bill s , 63 65 ; India Bonds, 64 6 6. , In the Foreign Market Dutch, in th e ear l y part of the morning , ! t a l i done at 53, since which may be q uo t e d 531 ; S pan i s h A c ti ve , 211, I, Coupons; Portuguese steady at 30i, n o a lt era ti on i n the price, "' though the news from Lisbon is favourable ; Three per Cents. 201!• Brazilian, 76.3- 4 ; Danish, 74 ; Mexican, 27 IA 1 ; Colombian, 281 ' ' Belgian, 1031 1. A good deal is doing in the Share Market, and most of the prices a rc lower. Asphalte, 12L; British Iron, 131. 2'H.R.117 O'CLOC-K . lionssill far Vie .411seanirt, PSI to /. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFOD MARKET. . Meat in fair supply, and trade ß brisker, on account of the colder weather, the prices much as quoted on Saturday. Beef, 7d. to S h i. ; Mutton, 7d. to Sid.; Veal, Bd. to 10d.; Pork , Old. to Sd. a nd ;,:1 Fish in good supply and demand. Turbot, 4s. for small, to 12s • 155. for large ; Soles, 9d. and ls. to 4s. and ss. per pair ; Cod, 5 ' I/ 19s. for large ; Lobsters scarce and dear. Vegetables continue I° to improve. Hay and Clover much as before. CITY FISH-MARKET. al The supply good, and so was the demand—prices much as yosterd:Tei Turbot 55., 65., and 18s. Soles Ad. to 3s. and 4s. per pair. Cod ls• 2s. up to 10s. and 12s , according to size. Salmon 2s. (id. per Pou nd ' BERII , IONDSEY WATER-SIDE POTATOE MARKET. The supply again good during the week, making a total of 3876 t 00. Trade has not been so brisk owing to the moist weather, and pricesl,o4.le; declined. There are not many quotations. York Red 708. to Ditto Kidneys 80s. ; American Natives 555.; Scotch 455. to Blues Devon. 50s. to 555.; Jersey and Guernsey Blues 500.; Ken t, B and Suffolk Whites 455. to 555. ; Kidney. gig. to 655.; WisbesC h “ and Whites 455. to 50s. per ton. HAY-MARKETS. Supplies moderate and th• demand not quite so brisk as it WO prie,s much as before. Meadow Hay 85s. to 90s. and LOOS. clo ver 955. to 100 s. and 115 e. Straw 40s. to 425. per load. SECOND DAY OF THE TEA SALE. The sale to.day progresses much as reported yesterday. The atten dance of the trade is good, but the disposition to purchase at t prices is very slender. The buyings in are very considerable ; and the quantity sold is very small. It consists, at present, of different kinds. Prices where altered are lower. COLONIAL MARKETS. A steady disposition exists to purchase Raw Sugar for constiMPti°"' but for Coffee there is just now no market of any kind. British r i n an c : tation Sugar sells today rather slowly,: and former prices ru le. fined Sugar has been in rather better demand amongst the SW:, 775. have been paid for lumps passing, and 755. for those and Mauritius Sugar is steady demand. To.day we had public " I r amounting to 8,000 bags, which sold, when we left, steadily at inrhrneer. rates, and firm; we should not be surprised if they to hi : g in The arrivals of late have been slender. Bengal Sugar good private demand at firm prices. Goods for export are dull. 'di_ have no public sales of Coffee of any kind to-day. Sales of gondb°Ctler nary Ceylon privately are quoted at 775. to SOs., which are rather prices. We had small public sales to.day of Pepper, C ass ia-Lignett , '!_ c in:ss, and Cloves. The Spice Market is rather flat, but up to the ti we left the Market, prices were unaltered from our previous 0 °1 :- Maw. These are all our public sales to.day. Rum has taken a coral,Rice r, length, and has become flat, and lower by Id. per gallon. Cocoa remain as they were. For to-morrow we have but litt le adv % tised indeed. A small parcel of East India Coffee, Saltpetre, 64, - Pepper, Cloves, Mace, and Nutmegs, is the chief. Tha imports of produce continue very slender. PRICE 01 Ihe highest price of Bread in the flood Bread may be had at 6'4d. , BREA: Metropolis is Pd. for the 41b. 1):4( PRICE Rape Oil, brown, per ton, nr. oc—ft Lin Need Oil Cake at tMe Hill, 1 ,1“,11 , I PRICE OF RAW F Price of Tallow (as stated by the Ta PRICE OF TALLOVa Town Tallow als. 6d. Yellow Russia White Soap Ditto —s. Od. ltine Stuff DF Letine OlL d, 38' 103,—Linceed Oil, 1nt, ° 0 51 ,,.. 12' 12A —ftrape Cake, per ten, arc. 'AT, per stone of 81b. Wow Melters) SOAP, Sic. ller 11.21 - Yellow Soap Mottled --s• .1(1. Curd --.q. is ,. Of.. Melting Stuff Ditto Rough 24s. Od. COAL BI AR, Graves be. Good Dregs .ET.-April 2. 0. 'l. Per Ton. ~. Actair's . 2'2 0 Burslon Holywell Original Windsor Poniop ?Cussed's High Main fanfield Moor 24 0 West Hartley Wylam 26 0 Walls End Bell and Brown Walls End Heaton '26 0 *vans End Hilda.— ........... Walls End Hotspur Walls End Kiliingworth Walls End Newmarcis '2o 0 Walls End Peneth l9 6 Walls End Riddell's Walls EA Eden Main Easinfqtn Main ... .." 4 . 1111 Ships arrived since* r'er Ton. 11 v,, W , Lt al l is s E l: n [l d d Belmont . .He...... ..... Walls End Haswell ............ 0; Walls End tietton ............... .; Walls End Lamldols ............ Walls End Russet's Hetton... : 2 ' 4 t! Walls End Stewart's .......... n 4 Walls End Hartlepool .....••• . •;. 2 Walls End Barrett ............••• 1 4 ; Walls End Claveriu2 Tees "' G0rd0n................1 Walls End .. is Walls'End Nevin's Taalieltl.2o $ WHls'End North Gordon „.- 4 Walls End Tees ............... ..• Walls End West Tees .......... 1 0_ Cowpen' ............................. Walls End Hartley ...... ••• .... .20 Howard's Netherton Alain .• st market—day. 247. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL '2. ante ° Our Cotton Market has comme nce d b r i s kl y t hi s wee k. The i iar e of this day amount to 4,000 b ags , an d cons id era sly mo re would j ot been sold had there been sufficient offring for the demand at week's prices. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DA OLD COURT. ROMIERT FROAI AN EATING-NOUSE.—A young man of ratherore; spectable appearance was indicted f or h av i ng sto l en a s il ve r sP°°9 fr the eating-house of Mr. Holt, St. Paul's Church.yard It appeared the prisoner went into the eating-room . and had a b ali" ,;" ox-tail soup. The suspicions of the p rosecutor h av i ng b ee n a , " } ", 61 ,, he looked to the soup-basin after the prisoner left, and found it ta_ o . expressed it) "minus the spoon," on being taxed with the theft, A t o nce d e li vered up the spo on- Verdict — Guilty, p ub Several CaSeS of felony were dispo se d o f , w hi c h posse ssed n 0 P interest. ne then followed the prisoner, r" NEW CO URT. „ping The CONIMUN-SERCP.ANT Wall occupied the entire of the 111- iig h• in trying cases of petty larcenie s, none of which possesse d the 6 est interest. L ,, HER MAJESTY'S DR AWING R00M...--Tny n ble prietor of the Court J ourna l Gazette of the Fashi prO on-ite World, begs to an nounce that, in consequence of the e xtre g, interest attach e d t o h er Majesty's Drawing Rooms, he intend • at the suggestion of several ladies of distinction, to g ive 'ns, addition to the usual alphabetical list of the Presentations, a full description of the Dresses worn by the ladies atten cl hat the Court of her most Gracious Majesty. And, in the space so devoted may not interfere with the orioin". tures of the Court Journal, an extra half-sheet will ge:Ve every (without additional charge) on the Saturday following., ; t h. April Drawing Room, commencing on Saturday next, Office 19, Catherine-street, Strand. order, that SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SER I /l bL l: o ra T. COX SAVORY , 4 7 , C ornh i ll, London (Seven DO" "I n .. Gracechurch-street), offers for selection an elegant and most sive ass or t ment of Silver Tea Services, varying in 'nice from The 20/., the service of Teapot, Sugar Basin and Milk Ew er. ground-floor, and first, second, and third floors, arc fitted pressly fo r th e display of Plate and Plated Goods, and a Patilt:lxet is given gra ti s , w i t h D raw i ngs, an d a li st o f prices. T. Corn- SAVORY, Goldsmith, Watchmaker, and Silversmith , 477 hill, London. Londo n Printed and IPublishedMUßDO YOUNG. o f A i ; 6 112, Strand, at The S un (Mice, No. 11' 1 , Strand, in th e "' I Y of Middlesex.--. Tuesday, April 3, 1838.